Masur offering stained glass workshop for beginners

The stained glass at the Catholic Student Center at the University of Louisiana at Monroe. A beginning stained glass workshop starts Monday at Masur Museum of Art.(Photo: The News-Star/File photo)Buy Photo

The Masur Museum of Art is offering a beginning stained glass workshop for adults on Monday in the Carriage House at the museum

This workshop will teach the student how to build a small stained glass panel using the Louis Comfort Tiffany method. No prior experience is necessary. Students will learn a brief history of stained glass, pick out a pattern, learn to cut glass, put together a panel using copper foil, and solder their panel. The class will be four, two-hour sessions, 5:30-7 p.m. Monday-Friday.

Registration includes stained glass and basic supplies.

Instructor Mark Bleakley has worked in stained glass for nearly 15 years in three professional studios in Houston, Texas, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 2010, he opened Bleakley Stained Glass in Vicksburg, Mississippi, with commissions throughout the United States. Bleakley has been teaching stained glass classes since 2009.

In 2013 he moved to Monroe where he serves as vicar of All Saints Anglican Church.

Cost is $160 for museum members and $170 for nonmembers. Space is limited and students must preregister. Contact Jenny Burnham at (318) 329-2237 or email Jenny.Burnham@ci.monroe.la.us or info@masurmuseum.org.

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